Industrial Packaging Market Size (2024 - 2029)

Industrial Packaging Market Analysis

The Industrial Packaging Market size is estimated at USD 66.27 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 93.45 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 7.12% during the forecast period (2024-2029).

• Industrial packaging is the umbrella term used to describe heavy-duty, specialized, and customized packaging solutions to provide added value protection for the customer's products to get from point A to point B or sit in storage. This type of packaging is usually used on hazardous or sensitive products or components sensitive to each other.
• The increasing volume of resources and products being transported across various regions is one of the primary factors that led to the growth of bulk industrial packaging. The industrial packaging market highly depends on global import and export activities. While products such as drums and pails experience huge demand from heavy manufacturing industries, other products, such as material handling containers and intermediate bulk containers (IBCs), include applications in logistics and the short-distance transportation of goods.
• Rigid plastic IBCs are used in various industries, such as food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and paints, inks, and lubricants. The Rigid Intermediate Bulk Container Association (RIBCA) of North America fosters the interests of people, firms, and corporations engaged in manufacturing or assembling rigid intermediate bulk containers.
• Industrial packaging has received scant attention over the past few decades compared to consumer packaging. Governments and organizations worldwide have recently realized the importance of safe and sustainable industrial packaging. The market also observed an increased focus on downgauging/material reduction. An instance of this is the introduction of multi-walled paper sacks. This helped reduce the weight of traditional sacks without sacrificing strength and performance.
• Companies are launching innovative products in line with the changing demand for sustainable and recyclable industrial packaging. In May 2023, FlexSack launched FlexSack-eco, large-sized bulk sacks with 30% post-consumer resin (PCR) content. According to the firm, this kind of innovation is the first of its kind in North America.
• Factors like the greater need to cut down on logistics costs and bills of materials and enhance overall efficiency across supply chains are expected to drive investments and innovation among industrial packaging manufacturers during the forecast period. These factors are buoyed by companies and governments focusing on claiming necessary measures to reduce packaging wastage. These trends are anticipated to drive the industrial packaging market during the forecast period.

Industrial Packaging Industry Segmentation

Industrial packaging protects, ships, and stores a wide range of goods. Typically, industrial packaging is done at the production site right after production, although it can be used at any point in the supply chain. This type of packaging is usually done for sensitive products that heavily rely on stability or are hazardous or bulky or for products with components that are sensitive to each other.

The industrial packaging market is segmented by product (intermediate bulk containers (IBCS), sacks, drums, pails, and other products), end-user industries (automotive, food and beverage, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, oil, gas, and petrochemical, building and construction, and other end-user industries), and geography (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and Latin America). The market sizes and forecasts are provided in terms of value (USD) for all the above segments.